How to copy and paste in GNOME Terminal 2?
Marking text with mouse left-button in a GNOME Terminal 2 window does not place it into the clipboard, so it can be pasted with mouse middle-button. When pasting I instead get text I have copied to clipboard in Emacs, or marked with mouse left-button in another VNC terminal.
Is there a way to copy and paste in terminal?
Copy/paste is provided by the terminal program, if at all. There is no general answer. Since you don’t tell us which terminal emulator you use, we cannot help. If terminal has pull down menu (gnome terminal), you may get hints. I am almost sure there is no Ctrl + V in xterm or rxvt. ALSO can get cut/paste from program you are running in terminal.
What’s the mouse shortcut for copy and paste?
Posts below are not helpful as they focus on the ctrl+shift+c/ctrl+shift+v shortcut keys, which is not my issue. I want marked text to automatically be placed into the clipboard. BTW ctrl+shif+c/ctrl+shif+v works ok.
Why does copy and paste not work in Ubuntu?
On one particular Ubuntu computer, normal copy paste commands do not work: They do not work locally, and they do not work via remote session. My guess was that perhaps logging into a computer where these functions where acting normally, and logging in via ssh would bypass the issue.
What are the features of the GNOME Terminal?
Features 1 Colored text. Colored text is available in GNOME Terminal, although users may turn this feature off. 2 Mouse events. Although GNOME Terminal is primarily a command-line interface and uses the keyboard for most input, GNOME Terminal has limited support for mouse events. 3 URL detection. 4 Safe quit.
Is there a solution short of changing GNOME-Terminal Emulator?
In contrast, when I run vim in gnome-terminal, mouse support is enabled by default and it is not possible to disable it ( :set mouse= has no effect). Is there a solution short of changing terminal emulator?
Can a GPM be used in GNOME Terminal?
Gpm is only used on the Linux console, i.e. outside the X Window System, in text mode. Gnome-terminal supports control sequences indicating mouse events, and you are in fact seeing these sequences.